Train disruption expected as Luton station gets new footbridge and lifts

Passengers are being warned of disruption to their journeys next week while accessible upgrades are made to Luton railway station.

An accessible footbridge and three new lifts will be installed as part of the Access for All project at the station, meaning that services change for Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19.

CGI image of Luton railway station. Picture: Network Railplaceholder image
CGI image of Luton railway station. Picture: Network Rail

Elsewhere on the network, Flitwick will have its tracks renewed, drainage work carried out in Harpenden and the old footbridge at Harlington will be removed.

No East Midlands Railway services will run between Bedford and London St Pancras. There will be amended service will run between Sheffield/Derby/Nottingham and Bedford, and between Corby and Kettering/Bedford. Replacement buses will run between Bedford and Hitchin, and tickets will be valid on Great Northern/Thameslink services between Hitchin and London.

Buses will also replace Thameslink trains between Bedford and Harpenden.

A revised train service will run between Harpenden and Brighton, and between London Bridge and Rainham on April 18.

And on April 19, a revised train service will run between Harpenden and Brighton, West Hampstead Thameslink and Three Bridges/Horsham/Sutton, London Bridge and Rainham.

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